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Old 01-25-2021, 12:16 PM
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What would that sign be worth today? Wow, that is big!

Dave
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A gas station sign so damn big, airplanes used it as a landmark. Photo taken in 1946

It was installed in 1932, it was 70 feet tall, with 5200 light bulbs, and 2900 hundred feet of neon tube. It was taken down in 1959.

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